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Margaret, often called Margaret of Constantinople (1202 – 10 February 1280), ruled as Countess of Flanders during 1244–1278 and Countess of Hainaut during 1244–1253 and 1257–1280. She was the younger daughter of Baldwin IX , Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Champagne .
Reigned as countess of Flanders (r. 1384–1405); countess of Artois and Nevers. Born in 1350; died on March 16, 1405, in Arras; daughter of Margaret of Brabant (1323–1368) and Louis II de Male, count of Flanders and Artois (r.
Countess Margaret of Flanders was a religious founder and a great contributor to the commercial growth of the 13th century. Her mother was Marie of Champagne ; her father was Baldwin IX, count of Flanders, who rose to fame after his victories in the Fourth Crusade in 1204 when he helped effect the capture of Byzantium and was made emperor.
Jun 11, 2010 · Margaret I of Alsace (died November 15, 1194) was countess of Flanders from 1191 to her death. She was the daughter of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou, and the heiress of her childless brother, Philip of Flanders.
Feb 22, 2017 · Margaret of Flanders was born in 1202, the younger daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainault, and Marie of Champagne. By 1205 she and her older sister Joan were orphaned. She and her sister were raised at the French court since Philip Augustus, the French King, wanted to control who they married.
Margaret III (13 April 1350 – 16/21 March 1405) was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last Countess of Flanders of the House of Dampierre. She was also Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to Philip I, Duke of Burgundy and Philip II, Duke of Burgundy.
She was the second daughter of Duke John III of Brabant and Mary of Évreux. She was the only child of Duke John to have children. In 1347 she married Louis II of Flanders, who was then sixteen years old and already count of Flanders. On 13 April 1350 their daughter, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, was baptized.
